Scholar and old attack

A better business than tea, could it be iron?

Qi Mude's face turned blue and white, there were no iron mines in the grassland, and he didn't know how to forge iron, and the iron tools were all obtained by trading or robbing with the Ming Dynasty.

"You don't want to trade iron with me, Master Jiang. Although Qi Mude is a grasslander, he is not as cunning as you Central Plains people, but he also understands that iron is a weapon of the country. You Jiang Jingyuan can be the master."

Qi Mude's heart was slightly shaken at this moment, he waved his hand to make his subordinates calm down, and tried Jiang Jingyuan.

Jiang Jingyuan smiled slightly, like a white lotus standing quietly in a pond, and said lightly, "Iron, of course, cannot be traded with Lord Mude."

When Qi Mude learned that he had been played by Jiang Jingyuan again, he immediately became angry from embarrassment, "Jiang Jingyuan, I respect you many times, but you keep ignoring my grassland again and again, and fight if you want to fight."

"Battle-battle-"

Grassland people all have blood in their bodies, so seeing their lord's angry look, naturally they won't sit still.

Compared with the soldiers behind Jiang Jingyuan, their aura was greatly lacking. No wonder the grassland was able to attack Daming again and again without falling behind.

The summer wind that was approaching July blew across the grassland, lifted Jiang Jingyuan's crimson robe, and his hair fluttered in the breeze. His calm eyes and unruffled look made the soldiers of Ming Dynasty feel a little more at ease.

"Lord Qimude, isn't the salt business not working?"

The clear voice, far and near, ethereal and mysterious, floated into Qi Mude's ears in the summer wind, stirring Qi Mude's heart.

"This...you are serious!"

Qi Mude was taken aback, but he had learned from the past, and was afraid that Jiang Jingyuan would play on him, so he said in a cold tone, "Master Jiang, all the salt in your Central Plains is in the hands of the officials, and you are all short of salt. How can you get enough salt to give to our grasslands?" .”

Jiang Jingyuan didn't know that the Ming Dynasty also lacked salt, and the price of salt remained high in the Ming Dynasty. Compared with salt, tea is really nothing.

"Master Qi Mude just said whether he is willing or not, and the rest will not be troubled by Master Qi Mude."

Jiang Jingyuan raised his eyes slightly, and his whole body was full of confidence.

Qi Mude was gearing up, and his excitement couldn't be concealed. Jiang Jingyuan, who had been disliked in every possible way just now, looked very pleasing to the eye now.

Salt is one of the most scarce materials in the grassland. Without salt, the tribesmen are prone to get sick, and a large number of them die when they die. This is a serious blow to the sparsely populated grassland.

This time the tea was not traded successfully, but when he returned with salt, Da Khan would still appreciate him.

"How do you trade."

Qi Mude has already made a deal that will cost a lot of money. As long as he can get salt, it is worthwhile to exchange more cattle and sheep.

Jiang Jingyuan: "I want one hundred catties of goat's milk or cow's milk in exchange for one catty of salt. It must be fresh milk every day. Lord Qi Mude can accept this condition."

"puff……"

"puff……"

Not only Qi Mude was stunned, but even other officials of the Ming Dynasty were stunned at the same time, exchanging milk for salt, are they sure that Jiang Jingyuan is not crazy.

"Master Jiang, goat milk is not suitable for storage. The journey from here to Daming is too far away, so it's not worth it."

Some officials below persuaded Jiang Jingyuan, feeling that Jiang Jingyuan was still too young to even have such common sense, so they all shook their heads and sighed.

"Master Jiang is serious."

When Qi Mude heard what the Ming officials said, he was stunned, and looked at Jiang Jingyuan like a fool. Milk is used for bathing in their grasslands, and it is not of much use at all.

Jiang Jingyuan nodded very seriously, "Of course I'm serious, but..."

He looked at Qi Mude's unconcealable happy expression, hooked his lips and changed the subject, "But I have an additional condition."

"What conditions." Qi Mude was in a hurry, and he agreed to any conditions that were not too harsh.

Jiang Jingyuan unfolded the sheepskin map of the grassland, and clicked a few points on the map. I want the grassland to give us these wastelands to the Ming Dynasty.

Qi Mude's face turned pale in an instant, and he stared at Jiang Jingyuan's points in silence.

The places that Jiang Jingyuan wants are not very fertile lands, they are all small lands, and some places are still on the high mountains of the grasslands, which are not suitable for human habitation.

But what does Jiang Jingyuan want these places to do, to station troops and besiege the grasslands?

But these places are not connected, and some are even far apart. If there is a war, there will be no time to support them.

"What does Master Jiang want to do with these places?"

Qi Mude squinted his eyes, and his heart became vigilant.

Jiang Jingyuan had a three-point smile on his face, like the blooming snow lotus in Tianshan Mountain, which made people feel relieved, "It's just an explanation to the emperor of our country."

Qi Mude raised his eyebrows knowingly, Jiang Jingyuan gave them such a generous deal in the grassland, if he didn't bring something convincing back, he wouldn't be able to explain it.

Qi Mude believed six points, but such a big matter, he can't just nod his head, and said to Jiang Jingyuan, "Master Jiang has the broadest mind among the Central Plains people I have ever seen, but Qi Mude said no to this important matter." Forget it, you have to go back and report to the Great Khan."

Jiang Jingyuan was still neither sad nor happy, and nodded lightly, "Give Mr. Qi Mude three days, after three days, it will not be up to Jiang to decide when it expires."

After Qi Mude got the news, he rushed back to the grassland in a hurry, but Jiang Jingyuan was bombarded by other Ming officials.

"Master Jiang, this matter cannot be done. It is really too much to exchange a few pieces of grassland wasteland and useless milk for Daming's salt."

"Master Jiang, do you know that the price of salt in my Ming Dynasty has already reached [-] Wen a catty, and the domestic salt is not enough to support it, let alone the generosity of others."

"Master Jiang, please think again. If His Majesty finds out, no one will be able to afford it."

Jiang Jingyuan listened quietly to their voices of persuasion, feeling a little bored, "Masters, go back and rest, Jing Yuan knows it well."

Several officials refused to listen to the persuasion, and shook their heads and returned to their temporary residences. After thinking about it, everyone felt that it was inappropriate.

He, Jiang Jingyuan, was not afraid of being blamed by His Majesty, but they did not fulfill their duty of persuasion, and they would still be punished. They did not dare to accompany Jiang Jingyuan crazy with their own future.

After discussing with everyone, they started to revise a letter and prepared to submit it to the imperial court, so that the imperial court could rule Jiang Jingyuan who had been "drunk".

Jiang Jingyuan's incomprehensible operation spread throughout Niuyang City in just one day, even Xu Shuizhou had heard of it.

Seeing that Jiang Jingyuan would not listen to the persuasion, many people came to find Xu Shuizhou, hoping that his pillow style could persuade Jiang Jingyuan.

"You also came to persuade me."

Jiang Jingyuan was sitting in the house, drawing a power generation device with a pen, thinking about how to get the electricity out, when he saw Xu Shuizhou coming, he asked gently.

Xu Shuizhou knew that Jiang Jingyuan was a bit of a stubborn person, and no one could change what he decided, so he smiled coquettishly, "I'm not trying to persuade you, I just ignore what other people say to me, and just listen to it."

Jiang Jingyuan's heart dropped to the ground.

Xu Shuizhou was always paying attention to Jiang Jingyuan's face, and seeing him relax, he hooked his lips and smiled, "I'm here to tell you something serious."

"Materials in the frontier are not abundant, but furs are really cheap. I want to open a shop here to collect furs. After I take them back, I won't sell them. How about we set up a fur clothing shop in the capital?"

Xu Shuizhou came to this Niuyang City. He didn't take care of the baby all day long. Instead, he thought about how to do business. Now the family is sitting on the mountain, and Jiang Jingyuan's salary is only enough to support the family. He wants to buy a house in the capital that meets his status. far away.

"Okay, I'll listen to everything. You just have to think about it. By the way, how are your newspapers doing?"

The pen in Jiang Jingyuan's hand stopped, and the charcoal pen, which was not easy to use, was cut into two pieces.

"I chose a site in the suburbs of Beijing. The house was not as big as my hometown, and it cost 3000 taels. I found someone to repair it, and it was almost done when I went back. Didn't you say that you should find someone to be a reporter?" .”

Xu Shuizhou wrung his fingers and told Jiang Jingyuan that everything needed money, and it had only been a long time since he came to the capital, and all the money flowed out like water.

"Don't worry, I'll talk about it when I get back. Don't just stare at the fur. I think the wool is also good. Try if you can imitate it into thread. It will add [-]% to your income."

Jiang Jingyuan remembered that the woolen sweaters of the later generations were very expensive. If this can be made big with a small amount, it will be an endless source of money in the future.

Xu Shuizhou nodded to show that he had remembered, seeing that Jiang Jingyuan had completely relaxed his body and mind, he took out a letter from his pocket, "No, I intercepted it from you adults, don't be angry when you read it. "

Jiang Jingyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, it turned out that Ah Zhou was waiting for him here, and when he took the letter and read it, it was nothing more than a few adults who were afraid of getting burned, and made a small report to the emperor about his deal with the grassland.

"Let them go." Jiang Jingyuan returned the envelope intact to Xu Shuizhou, teasingly said, "Ah Zhou, you are getting more and more courageous now, you even dare to intercept the official's memorial."

Xu Shuizhou pouted, "I don't care about the others, I only care about you."

Xu Shuizhou's soft words were filled with attention and distress, which made Jiang Jingyuan feel warm in his heart.

In such warmth, Jiang Jingyuan suddenly remembered that when the two were first together, the family had no money, and they made soap to make money.

"Azhou, do you still remember how to make soap?"

Jiang Jingyuan suddenly said excitedly.

Xu Shuizhou, "..."

In this situation, don't you say some touching words to comfort me? What kind of soap do you mention, you idiot who doesn't understand style.

"Of course I still remember that although soap is expensive to make, my family still needs to use it, so I always ask someone to make some at the winery."

"Just remember it. I suddenly remembered that there are so many cattle and sheep on the grassland, and they are the most oily. Why don't we open a soap factory on the grassland."

Jiang Jingyuan's eyes lit up, no matter whether it's fur business or wool business, it always takes time, but the soap business is something they can do with their hands.

Xu Shuizhou's eyes lit up, and he completely forgot that he blamed Jiang Jingyuan for being incomprehensible just now, and started to make up his mind, "Yes, it is not easy to collect pigs in Wutong County, but it is easy to collect fat here. Yes, it's easy to find manpower, but it's too far away from the capital, so I have to find someone to come over and watch it for me."

Xu Shuizhou murmured, and soon he made up his plan to start a soap factory. Under Jiang Jingyuan's astonished gaze, he rushed out to start his business.

"It really hasn't changed at all."

Jiang Jingyuan smiled helplessly. He remembered that when they first met, Ah Zhou dragged him home to weave fish cages like this.

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Xu Shuizhou's efficiency could not be described as unpleasant, and a copy of the repair book was sent back to the capital together with the excerpts that other adults participated in.

At the same time, he bought a piece of land in Niuyang City and planned to start building a factory.

Three days passed in a flash, and the people Jiang Jingyuan sent to be in charge of the milk powder experiment all reported that there was no problem.

Jiang Jingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and made himself a cup, ready to taste it.

After taking a sip, Jiang Jingyuan spat it out.

"It's too fishy, ​​isn't it all sweet?"

Xu Shuizhou, who happened to be busy, took the time to come over. Seeing Jiang Jingyuan spitting milk, he laughed all over the place, "When you made it, you didn't do anything to remove the fishy smell, just thought it tasted good, how could it be possible."

"Really." Jiang Jingyuan looked at the cup in his hand and frowned. He made another common sense mistake.

But no one is perfect, if he can consider all aspects, then he is not a human, but a god.

Xu Shuizhou took the cup from Jiang Jingyuan's hand, took a sip by himself, smacked his lips, "It's fishy."

"I didn't tell you, the two children in our family are very picky, but this goat milk must put some almonds in it to remove the fishy smell before they are willing to eat it. When you made this milk powder, I watched the whole process, a little Nothing is added, can it be tasteless?"

Xu Shuizhou was still reminiscing about the fishy smell just now, and raised his head to let Jiang Jingyuan think about how to get rid of the fishy smell.

Jiang Jingyuan saw Xu Shuizhou's eyes squinting slightly, and his exquisite little face was full of bitterness, aftertaste, enjoyment, and thinking. He lowered his head and kissed the corner of Xu Shuizhou's smacking mouth.

It quickly occupied Xu Shuizhou's lips.

"What are you doing..." Xu Shuizhou narrowed his eyes slightly, opened his big innocent eyes tremblingly, and asked weakly between kisses.

"Go fishy."

Jiang Jingyuan kissed the corner of Xu Shuizhou's mouth and said solemnly.

The more he touches his A Zhou, the more gentle he finds himself, maybe he has never been gentle before, but he is the only one who wants to leave his tenderness to the person on his lips.

Xu Shuizhou was gradually kissed by Jiang Jingyuan's tender water, and the kiss lost his inch. If time could stop, he would also be willing to sink into this moment forever.

However, the sky is always not beautiful.

"Knock Knock Knock-"

There was a knock on the door that broke the atmosphere, Xu Shuizhou's face flushed, he leisurely opened those eyes full of blood, and pushed Jiang Jingyuan away in a panic.

Jiang Jingyuan licked the sweetness on his lips, and asked in a cold tone, "What is it?"

"Master Jiang, Qi Mude is here."

Standing by the door, Huang Yu replied dully. On the one hand, he admired Jiang Jingyuan very much, but on the other hand, he was very entangled in the deal between Jiang Jingyuan and Qi Mude three days ago.

They have been in the frontier for decades, so that their wives and children can live a better life, but now Mr. Jiang is exchanging the few salt in the country for useless milk, which makes him feel uncomfortable.

"understood."

Jiang Jingyuan dimmed his tender eyes, quickly straightened his clothes, and gently flicked the forehead of Xu Shuizhou who was hiding aside with red eyes, "I'll go get busy first."

"Yeah, let's go."

The tips of Xu Shuizhou's ears were red, and he pushed Jiang Jingyuan out of the door with his hot hands, wishing he could get buried in the ground, it was really embarrassing.

Why every time you make out, you will be bumped by someone.

Therefore, the ancestors said that it is correct not to prostitute in the daytime.

Seeing Jiang Jingyuan go out, Xu Shuizhou had no choice but to bump into the pillars in the room twice. He vowed that he would never fall under Jiang Jingyuan's gentle offensive again next time.

Jiang Jingyuan was led all the way in front of Qi Mude by Huang Yu. After the two greeted each other, they went straight to the topic.

Qi Mude said, "Master Jiang, we Dahan appreciate your generosity very much, and are willing to make this deal with you."

I'm afraid you haven't been idle these three days. You have scouted around the places I wanted, and you agreed so readily after you were sure it would be useless to you.

Jiang Jingyuan sneered from the bottom of his heart, but his face remained calm, "Thank you for your understanding, the tea contract before that is void."

"Void, void."

Qi Mude promised very readily that he could not buy tea from Jiang Jingyuan, and he could also buy tea from other merchants in Daming, but this salt was absolutely impossible to buy.

Qi Mude returned the tea contract to Jiang Jingyuan, wrote a new contract with Jiang Jingyuan, and handed over the letter of credence given by the Great Khan to Jiang Jingyuan.

It is written in the national book that the lands Jiang Jingyuan refers to will all belong to the Ming Dynasty in the future.

The prairie people are not as keen on the land as the people of the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, most of them are nomads, and they are home wherever they go, unlike the people of the Ming Dynasty who stick to one place and do not move their nests.

"How about starting to implement it in a month." Jiang Jingyuan squeezed a few tea leaves and put them in his cup. Watching Huang Yu pour hot water for himself and soak the tea leaves in the cup, he suddenly showed a smile .

Even Qi Mude couldn't help but stare dumbfounded, this was the first time he saw Jiang Jingyuan smiling so easily.

"Okay."

With the contract, Qi Mude is not afraid that Jiang Jingyuan will break the contract, but it is only a month, and they can still afford to wait.

Once the mutual market was settled, the gates of Niuyang City were finally opened wide, people from the grassland tribes could come in and trade at will, and businessmen from the Ming Dynasty could also go to the grassland tribes to do business.

But at the moment in the court, everyone was condemning Jiang Jingyuan's reckless behavior.

"Absurd, absurd, this Jiang Jingyuan is using my country of Ming Dynasty as a raft."

"Your Majesty, such things must not be tolerated, otherwise Jiang Jingyuan will not know how rampant he will be in the future."

"What the old minister is worried about is that if all the people from the grassland tribe come to exchange salt, one hundred catties of milk is quite a lot, but according to the old minister, the people of the grassland tribe have to feed hundreds of sheep for a family. There are also dozens of cows, and one sheep can produce three to five catties of milk every day. With a hundred catties of goat milk, a family can replace several catties of salt a day. If things go on like this, the people of Ming Dynasty still have salt Eat it."

Even the left and right prime ministers in the court who are usually in charge of watching the theater jumped out to speak. The last time Jiang Jingyuan made a fuss, they didn't come out because they also wanted to see Jiang Jingyuan's skills.

But this time Jiang Jingyuan did too much, he just ignored the consequences, even Gu Renhuai couldn't keep him.

The emperor was silent at this time. If he had heard the words of the left and right prime ministers in the past, this matter should have been sealed, but this time he hesitated.

Because before he received the memorial to impeach Jiang Jingyuan, he received a secret letter from Jiang Jingyuan. There were only three words in the letter - trust me!

It was these three words that made the emperor waver in his heart, unable to make up his mind for a long time.

Jiang Jingyuan is a very evil person, he does things unruly, even a little arrogant, but he is bold and cautious, and likes to surprise.

This time he must have his intentions in doing this, but even his left and right prime ministers have spoken out, do you want to believe it or not.

Civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were still holding back the anger of being cheated by Jiang Jingyuan last time, and they couldn't swallow this anger no matter what. Now that Jiang Jingyuan is so presumptuous, he must grab his painful foot and beat him to death.

People from Gu Renhuai's lineage in the crowd also cast inquiring glances at Gu Renhuai, wondering if they should intercede with this junior brother.

Gu Renhuai suppressed his hands, telling them to be calm and calm. Jiang Jingyuan must have a purpose for doing this. He believed that Jiang Jingyuan was not that kind of willful person.

When the emperor wavered, his eyes fell on the calm Gu Renhuai. He still believed in Gu Renhuai, otherwise he would not have clearly wanted to hand over his son to him. Seeing him so calm now, his brows furrowed suddenly, that's all. , believe Jiang Jingyuan once.

Let's see what tricks he can play this time.

After Jiang Jingyuan dealt with the matter, he was so happy that he was going to look for Xu Shuizhou, but he couldn't find it in the room. In the end, the room near the kitchen smelled of milk, and he opened the door and walked in.

But I saw Xu Shuizhou squatting next to the two vacuum machines with his ass pouted, tinkering with him.

"What are you doing?"

Jiang Jingyuan approached him and asked.

"Aiya~"

Xu Shuizhou was concentrating on tinkering, when he suddenly heard Jiang Jingyuan's voice, he was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.

Xu Shuizhou's bright black eyes were so frightened that tears glistened, and his lower lip was biting so brightly that it followed the ups and downs of his heart, with a look that I still feel pity for.

Jiang Jingyuan couldn't help laughing, and bent over to get closer to Xu Shuizhou, his eyes met, "Is it that scary?"

Xu Shuizhou's little nose wrinkled. After seeing that it was Jiang Jingyuan, he was not so frightened. He pushed Jiang Jingyuan away with his backhand, but he didn't push him. He looked aggrieved, "You don't know that people scare people to death."

"I know, I just don't know what you're doing, so serious." Jiang Jingyuan gently slid his warm fingertips across the bridge of Xu Shuizhou's nose to comfort him.

"It's not enough to rely on your method to remove the fishy smell from your milk powder."

Xu Shuizhou's ear tips were red, and Jiang Jingyuan's method of getting rid of the fishy smell would not work after all, "You are a big man and you can't cook, so you have to rely on me."

Jiang Jingyuan raised his eyebrows, Ah Zhou is complaining that he can't cook, it seems that he really hasn't cooked after two years of marriage.

Jiang Jingyuan raised a pair of hands that were as white as jade, slightly dazed, found some tapioca flour in the kitchen, and said with a light smile, "Let me cook for you this time."

"Ah... no, I didn't mean that."

Xu Shuizhou waved his hands again and again, he didn't intend to complain to A Yuan just now.

But Jiang Jingyuan didn't listen to him, he stood by the stove in a gentle manner, stumbling slowly like a snail and started to cook.

Xu Shuizhou saw Jiang Jingyuan knead some cassava flour balls, poured some goat milk into the pot, added tea leaves, and finally threw the cassava balls into it.

"What is this, can I eat it?"

Jiang Jingyuan took a porcelain bowl and filled the pot with milk tea, and placed it in front of Xu Shuizhou, "Pearl milk tea, try it to see if it tastes good."

"Pearl milk tea?" Xu Shuizhou sighed slightly as he smelled the fragrance of milk in the bowl.

Ah ah ah ah ah!This is made by A Yuan himself!

My heart was beating so hard that I couldn't bear to eat it.

Seeing Xu Shuizhou froze, Jiang Jingyuan scooped up a little bit with a porcelain spoon and put it into his mouth, lowered his head and kissed Xu Shuizhou's lips, sending the pearls to his lips.

"It's so sweet, I didn't even put a single sugar in it."

Jiang Jingyuan savored the taste of milk tea in his mouth, but he didn't know if he was talking about milk tea or people.

Xu Shuizhou's face was flushed by Jiang Jingyuan's teasing, and he chewed the pearl in his mouth in a dull manner, his eyes lit up and it tasted delicious.

"I want more." After eating one, Xu Shuizhou swallowed with some reluctance, looked at the bowl in Jiang Jingyuan's hand, leaned forward, raised his toes, and opened his mouth wide to indicate that he was still being fed.

"You have to kiss." Jiang Jingyuan pursed his lips, the meaning was self-evident.

Xu Shuizhou's cheeks puffed up, like an angry puffer fish, his eyes rolled, and he said in a nasty tone, "A Yuan, I secretly passed a note imitating your handwriting to the emperor, you can't be angry."

"What." Jiang Jingyuan frowned, and his raised arm unconsciously slid a little.

Seeing that the opportunity came, Xu Shuizhou snatched the bowl from Jiang Jingyuan's hand and swallowed it into his mouth in one gulp. He wanted to eat everything that A Yuan made.

The author has something to say: A Yuan's "things" must be eaten without leaving any leftovers!

Sorry for being dirty.

Dad is out of the hospital, I have time, I can add more!Hehehe, I found that there are still a lot of plots that have not been written (cover your face)